Preventing waterborne diseases: Analysis of a community health worker program in rural Tamil Nadu, India

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 513-519

  Gupta, Neal ^a   Mutukkanu, Thingalraj ^b   Nadimuthu, Alexander ^b   Thiyagaran, Initha ^b   Sullivan Marx, Eileen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Sugha Vazhvu Health Care Pvt Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Community health worker; Diarrheal illness; Rural India; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIARRHEA; EVALUATION; HEALTH; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDIA; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DIARRHEA; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 84862332239     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-011-9472-5     Document Type: Article

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